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Employers' responsibilities when using agencies to find staff, including health and safety, access to facilities, vacancies, continuous employment, transfer fees and complaints

Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers

• Overview

  As an employer, the tax and employment responsibilities you have for your…

• Full-time and part-time contracts

  As an employer you must give employees: a written statement of employment…

• Fixed-term contracts

  Fixed-term contracts: last for a certain length of time are set in advance…

• Agency staff

  As an employer, you can hire temporary staff through agencies. This means:…

• Freelancers, consultants and contractors

  If you hire a freelancer, consultant or contractor it means that: they are…

• Zero-hours contracts

  Zero-hours contracts are also known as casual contracts. Zero-hours…

• Employing family, young people and volunteers

  Family If you hire family members you must: avoid special treatment in…

Get ready to employ someone - your responsibilities as an employer, register with HMRC, set up PAYE, get insurance.

• Updated: 13 March 2023

The rules for employment agencies and businesses: licences, vulnerable people, opting out, job advertisements, transfer fees, trade unions, terms and conditions and contracts, travel and accommodation for work-seekers

• Updated: 1 April 2016

Find out what steps you need to take before you calculate how much you can claim for furloughed and flexibly furloughed employees.

• Updated: 29 October 2021

Overtime law - what is overtime, overtime pay, employee rights, part-time workers and time off in lieu

Employer guide to Statutory Neonatal Care Pay and Leave: eligibility, notice period, record keeping, getting help.

The rules on working hours - hour and limits, rests, health assessments and terms and conditions